Project Manager

ATS Automation•Houston, TX

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager will be responsible for owning project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risks, and customer communication from handover through close-out. This role involves building and maintaining an integrated delivery plan that covers engineering, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover. The Project Manager will lead regular project reviews, providing clear, forward-looking reports on milestones, forecasts, risks, decisions, and recovery actions. They will also manage multiple workstreams or projects simultaneously, maintaining clear priorities and accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant trade and project delivery experience.
Substantial project management experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, complex commercial buildings or comparable high-availability environments.
Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple building trades and managing technical interfaces across design, construction and commissioning.
Working knowledge of building automation and controls environments, such as BMS, EPMS, PLC/SCADA, instrumentation, OT networks and associated electrical or mechanical systems.
Strong project controls and commercial skills, including schedule management, forecasting, change orders, subcontractor management and customer reporting.
Experience managing site execution, testing, commissioning and handover in an active construction environment.
Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment and the ability to lead without relying solely on formal authority.
Authorization to work in the United States and ability to travel regularly to customer and project sites.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering hyperscale or colocation data center projects.
PMP, PMI, PRINCE2 or comparable project management certification.
OSHA 30 or comparable construction safety training.
Experience with critical-path scheduling tools and structured project controls.
Experience with vendor-agnostic systems integration and global delivery teams.

Responsibilities

Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risks and customer communication from handover through close-out.
Build and maintain an integrated delivery plan covering engineering, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
Lead regular project reviews and provide clear, forward-looking reporting on milestones, forecast, risks, decisions and recovery actions.
Manage several workstreams or projects simultaneously while maintaining clear priorities and accountability.
Coordinate interfaces among electrical, mechanical, controls, BMS/EPMS, network/OT, fire protection, security and other building trades.
Align Orise activities with general contractors, construction managers, equipment vendors, commissioning agents and customer teams.
Identify interface gaps, access constraints, sequencing conflicts and readiness issues before they affect installation or commissioning.
Maintain strong site presence during critical execution phases and ensure disciplined issue escalation and closure.
Maintain project budgets, cost-to-complete forecasts, resource plans, invoicing and cash-flow visibility.
Protect scope and margin through disciplined change control, timely notices, substantiated change orders and documented customer decisions.
Monitor planned versus actual effort, subcontractor commitments and schedule impacts, and initiate corrective actions early.
Maintain an active risk and opportunity register with owners, due dates and mitigation actions.
Ensure compliance with Orise and customer quality and safety requirements.
Oversee design reviews, submittals, FAT, SAT, integrated systems testing, commissioning support, punch-list closure and turnover documentation.
Confirm that systems, documentation and training are ready for reliable operations at handover.
Act as the primary customer contact and escalation point for assigned projects.
Lead cross-functional, multicultural project teams and create clarity on deliverables, interfaces, decision rights and priorities.
Build trusted working relationships and communicate issues transparently, with solutions and clear recommendations.
Capture lessons learned and improve Orise project delivery standards and repeatability.
Work in compliance with divisional health, safety, and environmental procedures.
Refrain from removing or altering safety devices or guarding unless hazardous energies are controlled through lockout-tagout methods.
Report any unsafe conditions or unsafe acts.
Report defect in any equipment or protective device.
Ensure that the required protective equipment is used for the assigned tasks.
Attend all required health, safety, and environmental training.
Report any accidents/incidents to supervisor.
Assist in investigating accidents/incidents.
Refrain from engaging in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running, or rough and boisterous conduct.